CUPE ONTARIO

• Ontario health care workers need protections now, Premier must use emergency powers to order mass production of masks April 7, 2020
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  Jessica Gale
• “Keep municipal staff working”: CUPE Ontario calls on the province to defend services and workers April 7, 2020
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  Liam Bedard